Quotes by Havel, Vaclav

I really do inhabit a system in which words are capable of shaking the >>

Modern man must descend the spiral of his own absurdity to the lowest >>

If you want to see your plays performed the way you wrote them, become >>

Quotations about Writers and Writing

Whiskey has killed more men than bullets, but most men would rather be >>

I have tried simply to write the best I can. Sometimes I have good luc >>

I believe that it is my job not only to write books but to have them p >>

The role of the writer is not simply to arrange Being according to his own lights; he must also serve as a medium to Being and remain open to its often unfathomable dictates. This is the only way the work can transcend its creator and radiate its meaning further than the author himself can see or perceive.

Havel, Vaclav